| George Washington Carver George Washington Carver (January 1864 George_Washington_Carver
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| Simpson College For the college in Redding, California associated with the Christian and Missionary Alliance, see Simpson University.Simpson College is a four-year, coeducational liberal arts institution situated in Indianola, Iowa, USA, and affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Simpson is a small school with approximately 1,500 full-time students and nearly 500 part-time students. In addition to the main campus in Indianola, the college has classroom facilities in West Des Moines and Ankeny. Simpson_College
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| Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (CRI&P RR) was a Class I railroad in the United States. It was also known as the Rock Island Line, or, in its final years, The Rock. Chicago,_Rock_Island_and_Pacific_Railroad
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| Central Station (Chicago terminal) Central Station was an intercity passenger terminal in downtown Chicago, Illinois, located at the southern end of Grant Park at Roosevelt Road and Michigan Avenue. Owned by the Illinois Central Railroad, the former terminal also served other companies via trackage rights. The station opened in 1893, replacing the Illinois Central Depot (on the site of the current Millennium Station), and closed in 1972 when Amtrak rerouted the last services to Union Station. Central_Station_(Chicago_terminal)
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| Golden State (train) The Golden State Limited was a named passenger train operating between Chicago and Los Angeles from 1902–1968 by the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (“Rock Island”) and the Southern Pacific Company (SP) and predecessors. It was named for California, which was, in many cases, called the “Golden State”. Golden_State_(train)
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| Edwin Edgar Voigt Edwin Edgar Voigt (born February 13, 1892, Illinois; died August 1977) was an American Bishop in The Methodist Church, elected in 1952. He served as the Bishop of the Dakotas Episcopal Area.Prior to his election to the Episcopacy, Voigt served as the fifteenth President of Simpson College (1942-52), a United Methodist college in Indianola, Iowa. Voigt lead the college through two challenging post-war periods, when declining enrollment was a severe problem. Edwin_Edgar_Voigt
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| Harold Iddings Harold J. Iddings (c. 1888 American football player and coach in both basketball and football. A 1909 graduate from the University of Chicago, he served as head football coach for several colleges including Miami University, Otterbein College and Simpson College. He also served as head basketball coach at several colleges including the University of Kentucky, Simpson College and Carnegie Tech. Harold_Iddings
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| Jeremiah Wright Jeremiah Alvesta Wright, Jr. (born September 22, 1941) is Pastor Emeritus and the former Pastor of the Trinity United Church of Christ (TUCC), a megachurch in Chicago with around 8,500 members. In early 2008, Wright retired after 36 years as the Senior Pastor of his congregation and no longer has daily responsibilities at the church. Jeremiah_Wright
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| Avery Craven Avery Odelle Craven (August 12, 1885 near Ackworth, Iowa – January 21, 1980, Chesterton, Indiana) was a historian who specialized in the study of the nineteenth-century United States and the American Civil War.Craven graduated from Simpson College in 1908. Avery_Craven
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| Jeffrey Groharing Jeffrey Groharing is a lawyer and an officer in the United States Marine Corps. October 29 1997 Groharing finished 1048 out of 9629 in a Marine Corps marathon, finishing in 3 hours and 25 minutes.On Sunday April 4 2004 Groharing finished a ten mile run in one hour and four minutes, finishing 30th . Jeffrey_Groharing
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| Mississippi and Missouri Railroad Mississippi and Missouri Railroad (M&M Railroad) was the first railroad in Iowa and was chartered in 1853 to build a line between Davenport, Iowa on the Mississippi River and Council Bluffs, Iowa on the Missouri River and was to play an important role in the construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad.The line was originally created so that the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad could extend its line across the Mississippi River via Government Bridge which was the first bridge to cross the Mississippi when it opened in 1856. Mississippi_and_Missouri_Railroad
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